Two candy makers are recalling candies sold nationwide because they contain rolling balls that can come loose in a child’s mouth and pose a choking hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.
The federal agency’s warning comes six months after a seven-year-old girl choked and died in New York after a Cocco Candy Rolling Candy ball dislodged and became lodged in her throat.
Cocco Candy of Turkey and Passaic, New Jersey-based KGR Distribution are recalling about 145,800 Cocco Candy Rolling Candy sold in stores nationwide and online from May 2022 to March 2023 for about $2.50, according to the recall notice.
Parents and other caregivers are urged to take the candy away from children and contact the company for a refund. The recalled Cocco candy contains two fluid ounces in flavours including sour strawberry, sour tutti frutti and sour cola.
A separate recall involves a similar product with the same potential hazard, the CPSC said.
Carmel, Indiana-based Candy Dynamics is recalling 70 million Slime Licker Sour Rolling Liquid Candy sold at Walmart, Five Below and other retailers and online from June 2015 to July 2023, the federal agency said in a statement.
Candy Dynamics has received two reports of the rolling applicator ball coming loose from the container. No injuries have been reported.
The two-ounce and three-ounce recalled candies, made in Spain and Colombia, were sold in blue, red, green and pink packaging with the words “toxic waste” and “mega toxic waste” printed on the label.
Consumers can contact Candy Dynamics for a full refund on products that haven’t been emptied of the liquid candy.
The two brands of candy are among 15 products recalled this year after being found to pose a choking hazard to children. This includes the recall of a water bead activity set in September after the death of a 10-month-old child in Wisconsin who swallowed one of the beads, which grow in size when swallowed.
